Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani confirmed today, Tuesday, that the justifications for the existence of the international coalition have ended and there is no need for its presence on Iraqi territory, indicating that the focus at the Munich conference was on moving to bilateral relations with the international coalition.
Al-Sudani said, during a press conference following the Council of Ministers session held today, that “the justifications for the existence of the international coalition that were in 2014 have ended and there is no need for the coalition to be present on Iraqi soil,” stressing “the start of an integrated project to improve the armament aspect of the armed forces, in line with the stage.” Coming from ending the presence of the international coalition.”
He added, “Our visit to the Netherlands comes within the framework of the transformation of Iraq’s relations from the international coalition relationship to bilateral relations, in addition to building economic partnerships with all countries of the world,” adding, “We explained to the representatives of Dutch companies the business environment in Iraq, and we sensed in the Netherlands a serious desire to Expanding bilateral relations.”
He explained, “We agreed with the Netherlands to form a joint council for cooperation, which will be an umbrella between the two countries in various files, and its most important committee is the Agriculture and Water Committee.”
The Prime Minister stated, “The European Union is one of the important destinations for Iraq in establishing relations, and our government has begun signing a bilateral strategic partnership with the European Union countries,” pointing out that “the European Union countries possess many qualifications in the economic aspect.”
He continued, “We established strategic partnership agreements with the European Union countries, and we started with France, and we authorized the Foreign Minister to sign a similar agreement with Britain,” noting, “The agreement with Italy to solve a problem that represents an obstacle to bilateral cooperation, and it is a problem that dates back to 1985 and is related to one of the previous contracts.” “.
Regarding his participation in the Munich Security Conference, Al-Sudani stressed, “During the conference, we focused on the issue of transitioning the relationship with the international coalition to bilateral relations, and we renewed our position of rejecting making Iraq an arena for settling scores or exchanging messages, and the interest of Iraq and the Iraqis is above all else.”
